What has Trump done to this country?

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Why People Follow a Trump (or a Hitler): Malignant Narcissism & Simplicity - FRANK YEOMANS

Frank Yeomans discusses the primitive appeal of splitting - "We're good they're bad" - and what happens when a malignant narcissist is the leader of a group. Both Trump and Hitler are mentioned.
 
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Steve Schmidt: The Biden White House ‘Walked Into A Catastrophe’

Co-founder of the Lincoln Project Steve Schmidt remarks on the tough hand President Biden has been dealt by the Trump administration and its bungled coronavirus response.
 
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Mike Pence is homeless after leaving office and ‘couch-surfing’ with Indiana politicians, report says

Karma came a calling .......


Former vice president Mike Pence, who was thrust into the spotlight during the last days of Donald Trump’s presidency, does not have a permanent place to live in since leaving his official residence at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, according to reports.

Though in his farewell address Mr Pence announced moving back to his home state Indianain summer, he offered no details on the specifics of where he would move with his wife, Karen Pence. And now, the former second couple is “couch-surfing" at the residences of various officials in Indiana, reported Business Insider.


A source told the news portal, that the Pences are staying at a cabin that Indiana governor, Eric Holcomb, uses as a retreat, while two republicans close to the former vice-president said that Mr Pence and his wife were staying at Pence’s brother’s place in Columbus.

Mr Pence, who grew up in Columbus, hasn't owned an Indiana home for at least the past eight years, reported Associated Press. Elected as Indiana Congressman from 2001 to 2013, and the governor of the state from 2013 to 2017, Mr Pence lived at the Indiana governor's residence in Indianapolis before moving to the vice presidential residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory in Washington in 2017.


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Joe Scarborough: This Is What Republicans In The Senate Want You To Forget

Senate Republicans voted Tuesday for a measure that would have declared the impeachment proceedings against former President Trump unconstitutional because he is no longer in office. Joe Scarborough weighs in on where most in the GOP stand.
 
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Donald will split the republican party, I think the republicans will find 17 votes in the senate, but why expose themselves to attack by Trump and the base for a month or more. I believe they will do Donald in the end, nobody running in 2022 will vote to convict, but there are others and Mitch is among them. They want Donald out of the way, nobody rides Donald's wild elephant until Donald is out of the way and in prison. If they don't convict him in the impeachment trial and disqualify him from future office, he will syphon off cash and their base, even from prison. Future republican presidential nominees would have to promise a pardon for Donald. He might endorse someone, or could even capture the nomination himself from his prison cell. He could continue to fund raise off stop the steal and a 2024 run and lead the party down the road to ruin and lunacy.

Mitch wants his majority back and to do that he must get rid of Donald with 17 republican votes in the senate. The DOJ & courts will follow this shit up with criminal convictions for the same charges as the senate will try him for within months, if not weeks. The trial might be as quick as Mitch can arrange the votes, a long trial with witnesses and documents will give the senate some cover. Donald has no defense, the congress was both victims and witnesses, the whole thing was video recorded in detail and some of those involved in the riot will be indicted and perhaps even convicted by the time the trial is over.
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Trump Standing In GOP Firm But Slipping, Polling Shows

Donald Trump remains a popular figure within the Republican Party, yet his popularity may be slipping somewhat, according to new Politico/Morning Consult polling.
 
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Banned From Twitter For Good :hump:


Even his pillow’s “patented, interlocking fill” won’t be enough to give MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell a peaceful night’s sleep right now.
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He is a grifter and probably needed a "pocket pardon" from Donald, a secret pardon that is only revealed when they are indicted federally. I figure my pillow guy needs a pardon and probably has one sitting in his pocket. I'm also pretty sure Donald has a pocket pardon for himself and if he is indicted federally for anything before the trial he would be forced to use it. I'm wondering what's happened to the sealed indictments for individual #1 in the SDNY, and I'm sure Michael Cohen is too, since he's doing time for Donald's crime right now, though from home.
 
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Heard trumpy has that sexual assault charge / possible other suits from women still floating out there in legal limbo .... I lost count on overall cases pending against him. Individual, contractors, financial, tax , and god knows what else.
 
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Imagine the photo journalist that scores the FIRST pic of Trump in an Orange Jumpsuit .... with a velcro fly on the ass labeled WEST WING - in case some fellow cell mates would like a “ tour “ and “ Storm the Spinchter “.

Hold up .... i just vomited in my mouth.
 
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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant | US news | The Guardian

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant
Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal

Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters.

In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio’s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.

Tarrio, in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, denied working undercover or cooperating in cases against others. “I don’t know any of this,’” he said, when asked about the transcript. “I don’t recall any of this.”

Law enforcement officials and the court transcript contradict Tarrio’s denial. In a statement to Reuters, the former federal prosecutor in Tarrio’s case, Vanessa Singh Johannes, confirmed that “he cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating pharmaceutical fraud schemes.”

Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the rightwing Proud Boys in their confrontations with those they believe to be antifa, short for “anti-fascism”, an amorphous and often violent leftist movement. The Proud Boys were involved in the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January.

The records uncovered by Reuters are startling because they show that a leader of a far-right group now under intense scrutiny by law enforcement was previously an active collaborator with criminal investigators.

Washington police arrested Tarrio in early January when he arrived in the city two days before the Capitol Hill riot. He was charged with possessing two high-capacity rifle magazines, and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a December demonstration by supporters of former president Donald Trump. The DC superior court ordered him to leave the city pending a court date in June.

Though Tarrio did not take part in the Capitol insurrection, at least five Proud Boys members have been charged in the riot. The FBI previously said Tarrio’s earlier arrest was an effort to pre-empt the events of 6 January.

The transcript from 2014 shines a new light on Tarrio’s past connections to law enforcement. During the hearing, the prosecutor and Tarrio’s defense attorney asked a judge to reduce the prison sentence of Tarrio and two co-defendants. They had pleaded guilty in a fraud case related to the relabeling and sale of stolen diabetes test kits.

The prosecutor said Tarrio’s information had led to the prosecution of 13 people on federal charges in two separate cases, and had helped local authorities investigate a gambling ring.

Tarrio’s then lawyer Jeffrey Feiler said in court that his client had worked undercover in numerous investigations, one involving the sale of anabolic steroids, another regarding “wholesale prescription narcotics” and a third targeting human smuggling. He said Tarrio helped police uncover three marijuana grow houses, and was a “prolific” cooperator.

In the smuggling case, Tarrio, “at his own risk, in an undercover role met and negotiated to pay $11,000 to members of that ring to bring in fictitious family members of his from another country”, the lawyer said in court.

In an interview, Feiler said he did not recall details about the case but added, “The information I provided to the court was based on information provided to me by law enforcement and the prosecutor.”

An FBI agent at the hearing called Tarrio a “key component” in local police investigations involving marijuana, cocaine and MDMA, or ecstasy. The Miami FBI office declined comment.

There is no evidence Tarrio has cooperated with authorities since then. In interviews with Reuters, however, he said that before rallies in various cities, he would let police departments know of the Proud Boys’ plans. It is unclear if this was actually the case. He said he stopped this coordination after 12 December because the DC police had cracked down on the group.

Tarrio on Tuesday acknowledged that his fraud sentence was reduced, from 30 months to 16 months, but insisted that leniency was provided only because he and his co-defendants helped investigators “clear up” questions about his own case. He said he never helped investigate others.

That comment contrasts with statements made in court by the prosecutor, his lawyer and the FBI. The judge in the case, Joan A Lenard, said Tarrio “provided substantial assistance in the investigation and prosecution of other persons involved in criminal conduct”.

As Trump supporters challenged the Republican’s election loss in often violent demonstrations, Tarrio stood out for his swagger as he led crowds of mostly white Proud Boys in a series of confrontations and street brawls in Washington DC, Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere.

The Proud Boys, founded in 2016, began as a group protesting against political correctness and perceived constraints on masculinity. It grew into a group with distinctive colors of yellow and black that embraced street fighting. In September their profile soared when Trump called on them to “Stand back and stand by.”

Tarrio, based in Miami, became the national chairman of the group in 2018.

In November and December, Tarrio led the Proud Boys through the streets of DC after Trump’s loss. Video shows him on 11 December with a bullhorn in front of a large crowd. “To the parasites both in Congress, and in that stolen White House,’” he said. “You want a war, you got one!” The crowd roared. The next day Tarrio burned the BLM banner.

Former prosecutor Johannes said she was surprised that the defendant she prosecuted for fraud is now a key player in the violent movement that sought to halt the certification of President Joe Biden.

“I knew that he was a fraudster, but had no reason to know that he was also a domestic terrorist,” she said.
 
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